The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-02-11

Monday next, Feb. IA, is Valentine
day.
Ovid has finally purchased chemi-
cal engine.
c. w. Reed has purchased the rink
from G. l.. Dimmick.
Lew Mun5on was able to get down
town Thursday morning
Miss Nellie Turner has returned
home from Amherstburg.
]. II. Gotten slipped on the ice
Monday and fell breaking a rib.
George Rumsey, of Ovid, president
of the Ovid Union Fair, is dead.
Trains on the ID. & M. have been
delayed by the washout at Saranac.
Joseph Bertram was In the Saginaws
Thursday taking orders for his goods.
The ice men no longer sing the
song, "shall we gather at the river"
The spring elections already com
mence to excite considerable atten-
ton.
1t took two hundred and twenty
tons of ice to fill the icehouse of
]. II. Copas.
Lewis & Son have ordered from
Benson & King of this city, $50 berry
stands for the trade of 1887.
Byron Foote has been limping
around on one foot this week, having
slipped and sprained his ankle.
Chas. w. Reed has purchased the
house formerly owned by DR.. c. Nc
Cormick, on Exchange street. Price
$1,000.
Postmaster Ball informs us that
after Feb. goth mail will be carried
south on the Toledo road from this
city. Good.
"The Fast Young Man" will be
the theme of Rev. J. Donnelly's
sermon at the Baptist church next
Sunday night.
Married, at his residence on Good.
hue street, Feb. 9th, by Rev. Geo.
H. Wilson, John p. Splitter and Nettie
l. Barker, of Rush.
The druggists and grocers have a
movement on foot to close their
stores at 8 O'Clock each evening
commencing with next Monday.
James N. Mcbride, Of Owosso.
has been elected one Of the editors of
the Michigan Argonaut, publication
issued by the University students.
The Rebekahs will have ten cent
basket social Saturday evening, Feb.
18th, in Odd Fellows hall. Every.
body invited. Each lady attending
is requested to provide lunch for two.
& A. Robertson and Geo. M. Dewey
are in Muskegon attending the Grand
Encampment, l. .. 0. F. DR.. Nc
Cormick was unable to attend on
account of the press of business.
"Some thoughts relative 10 the
proposed amendment to the const
tuition" will be the theme of the dis.
course at the Congregational church
next Sunday evening by Rev. G. Fl.
Wilson.
On Monday evening Of next week
the Chautauqua Circle will meet at
the residence of DIR. Perkins. An
exceedingly interesting program has
been prepared, we are told. A full
attendance is expected.
This item of fact is from the Chi
cago Inter Ocean, and is applicable
to any town: "The business man
who does not advertise always wants
to get close to the business house
that does. Every real estate man
knows this to be true"
Mrs. M. +. Knapp goes to Ann
Arbor on the ,Ist. to attend lectures
in the Medical Department OF the
University. Mrs. Knapp formerly
enjoyed good practice at Bancroft,
but since coming to Owosso has given
up practicing.
I'VE think il must be plain TO every
one that life insurance is something
all should have. Since last June
death has claimed four of our citizens
each OF whom had policies Of $4,000
in some one of the organizations rep
resented in this city. The total cost
in two of these cases was less than
$40.
After looking over the gas works at
Goshen and Elkhart, Ind, and
Kalamazoo, Marshall, Jackson and
Owosso, a committee from st. Johns
decided in favor Of the gas made
here, and it will be made at their works
to be built this year. This is certain
ly complimentary TO the quality of the
Owosso gas.
The Bailey Mfg Co. are busy these
days. Monday they shipped Bailey
lathe to Vermont, and are row
working on sawmill to be sent to
New York, and veneer machine to